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I'm of the more literal-minded judges. Some pictures lend themselves well to abstract uses, but I mostly prefer concretes.

Thanks to Roger for the sblock layout I'll appropriate :) I'm not making any guesses as to who'll win a round, though. First off, some general observations, especially good for newbies. Picture Use I know a lot of judges prefer getting some detail with the picture. I know you shouldn't use a...

The assassin is a character that doesn't fight stuff and kill, but that murders people in their sleep or at their dinner table. As such, the predominant alignment for assassin – even those in a king's or a priest's employ – will be evil. However, IMC I've opened up to allow neutral assassins on...

Because: -> When you start at level 1, reaching mid-high levels is an achievement that makes playing there even more fun, since you know you deserve it -> When you go on, the players can demonstrate their skill at solving problems and defeating their favorite opponents without much strain, and...

Yeah, it's a cool trailer. And I actually like Daniel Craig being more thug-like than suave. Bond as a killer is something I hoped for with Die Another Day, especially given the prologue and title sequence (despite the atrocious song).

So that's why mine was deleted :D But I mean no disrespect: Who could have known Herreman would be shut out of EnWorld? And my sudden backoff wasn't that orderly, either.

This thread is great! I can't draw maps for my life, but I wish I could, and maybe some day, I'll be able to, thanks to you.

There are a couple of tests. The first is "get relationship advice from TB without crying". I didn't pass that one, so who knows what's next :)

I always say that Cone of Cold is a level too high. How often that cone takes allies into the area... But actually, I agree with Enkhidu. It's not so much the levels, but the rate of accumulation. With advancement as it is, our group didn't have to go too long before the cleric could raise them...

m You missed a letter :)

I don't think there's anything better than being fairly certain what will happen, and then the players surprising you totally with either a genius idea or a madcap plan that, thanks to some lucky dice, works out perfectly. The joy of DM'ing: Knowing and controlling the whole game world, and...

The first time I DM'ed was a Planescape adventure. I'd been playing for a year, and it was ten years ago. I DM'ed the adventure out of the Planescape boxed set, pretty much as written save for the planescape slang, "cant". I had a gnome fighter/wizard with Str 18/00 and Int 18, which I still...

It's from when the Defenders helped Kirk against the Tribbles?

too much :) It really depends on where we are in the story. If we're at the start of a new adventure, I spend probably 20+ hours; preparing the adventure, creating/transcribing NPCs and encounters, making and preparing maps, creating handouts... I'm definitely one to overprepare, though. When...

Wow. Just wow. Excellent art. One of our players is moving to the US in a few months, and I'm thinking about commissioning a picture of his character. I'm correct that you'd produce a digital image (.png or .jpg or whatever), and not a physical object, right? Because then there's be no need to...

Yeah, their story practically writes itself: .

Some excellent pics in there! I especially like the orc and the modern guy.

No, Hollywood sees a concept that has a built-in audience that will go see a movie almost no matter what they do with it. A franchise is financially safer than a new concept, so they film it, perhaps even shoehorning a script into fitting the franchise no matter how likely.

carpedavid is correct. Read his post again. What's important is that you should not only expect the PCs to win the adventure and try to facilitate that. Be prepared to have the PCs lose, even if that means the city is overrun by drow or whatever. That only serves as fodder for the rest of the...

How should you know? :) But yeah, I was so happy in Trier (the city) that I totally neglected my law studies in favor of frühschoppen.